The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-05-05

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fine residence on the ground at once.
A Fort Monroe, Va, dispatch says that
Private Mintield S. Miller, Company G,
9th artillery, was drowned while returning
from the Soldiers Home Theatre. His
body was recovered.
Sir Edward Thornton and party have
arrived in Richmond, and made the ac-
quaintance OF the members Of the commits
G sion appointed by the Virginia Legislature.
The joint commission is now in session.
1t is fortunate that the war horses of
famous soldiers are dying off so fast. 1t
would have been only question Of timo
when some Congressman would introduce
Dill to pension them.--IhN. Times.
n dispatch from Cookton, Australia, an
noupCcs that the steamer Benton. from
Singapore, was sunk in q collision with q
bark off the Island of Formosa, and that
100 persons were drowned. No Europeans
were lost.
The Denver Labor Assembly No. 3217,
knights of Labor, adopted resolution
censuring President Cleveland because Of
MS action in ordering troops to Dakota to
eYict settlers on the Crow and Winncbago
agencies. $50 ,-r~r -
The anti-Shcrmln, ~, a. Ivos,,ir,tn,, all
claim totl.;E ;E,nr">'sf,, .'cn at aSh'nGtoh an
VA trip was taken too early in the CauYaSs
II would hav" pleased them better if he had
not gone before the spring of 80.
Lieutenant Governor Riddle, Secretary
of State Allen and State Auditor Mccarthy,
of the Kansas board of railroad assessors,
were in jurcd and narrowly escaped death
by The wreck of a train on viii III they were
riding.
Eight 'scab" patterns were put into the
sand at each of the three stone factories of
Detroit Wednesday morning, and the mcu
went to work upon them without protest.
More of the ST. Louis patterns have been
received.
A calf jcrkcd the props from under
Scu!fOld on which three men were at work
in Mansfield county, ILL.,, "Wednesday. J.
II. Burns, q wealthy farmer, who WAS on
the sCaifold, was killed and one workman
fatally hurt.
W. u. Fowler and Mr.. Stivcrs, rector Of
the Episcopal Church, had Il difficulty at
Grenada, Miss, in which Stiycrs was NOR
tally wounded. The cause Of the trouble
has not bccu asccrtaincd, but Stivcrs says
that Fowlcr's act was iustiliablc.
A resolution was introduced in the West
Virginia Senate Wednesday to provide for
the settlement of claim of Virginia against
share Of the State Of Virginia at The time
the State Of West Virginia WAS created
If the income Of 31 railways IS decreased
in one week, through the Interstate Com.
m rec law, the sum of #lGG, 600, how much
will be the decrease for Il year of the earn
in IS OF the l,200 railway companies Of the
United States Respectfully referred 10
Senator Reagan for an answer.
Jacob Sharp, Of New York Broadway
surface railroad notoricty, was called in the
Cnnrt Of Oyer and Tcrmincr for trial ON
the indictment for bribery, on 81 counts
The dcfcndcnt was not ready, and the case
was set for trial May 11Ih.
An cast-bounL freight train on The At
lanttc and Pacific railway fell through q
partially burned bridge over the Arroyn of
Canon Padre, and the fireman went down
with the wreck of ID cars and was crushed
and burned beyond zee ignition.
The actmg.ComplrolIcr of the currency
has authorized The following banks to be-
gin business: Birmingham National Bank,
OF birmingham, Ala, capital $9JU, 600;
Merchants National Bank, of Tuscaloosa,
Fla, capital $780, 900.
DC. a. j. Grant, 4 noted bigamist, died
at Cambridge Jail, nftcran illness Of several
days. He was awaiting trial for rObbing
ly after marriage. O'hrr charges Of Il sim
ilar nature were 0cCumulNtng against him
rapidly.
Acting Secretary THOMPSON has appoint.
cd James III. Wheeler, of Virginia, watch.
man at the Treasury Department. Whcrl,r
IS the man who was so badly injured al
Richmond, Va, last year by the premature
dis 'hargc Of Il cannon while fling Il salute
i'll honor of the visit Of President Cleveland
The Bolton Dycing, Printing and Blcach-
in% Company's mills at BrOnXvillc, n. Y,
took fire Wednesday morning and. after
burning liCrCcly0 short time, were scattered
to the four winds by a series of explosions,
which shook the ncighborhOod like earth
Qunkcs. The mills were totally demolished
Loss, $l50,0U0,
a special dispatch from the City of Mex
leo triumphantly announces the discovery
of the seven lost Mexican bonanza mines
by an American party Of prosprctors. Nov
Clists speak of the fabulous wealth Obtained
from these mines by the Spaniards. They
were worked up to the middle of the last
century.
Now that 50 many railroad companies
have undertaken to serve the interests Of
passengers by substituting heating
apparatus Tor stoves in cars, they should
nov NV w H''Nt lllC INCS Ol lIclE GIN
ployrs by discovering and using some kind
OF coupler that will not kill those who Op-
crate it.--N. !. IImeS
Report comes from Cincinnati that the
national association of disillcrs and whole,
sale liquor dealers has taken alarm at the
looll of things in Texas and is going TO send
Il big sum Of money down there for The
prohibition campaign chest. That sort
of assistance from outside has been known
before HOW to hurt more than il helped.
a local option election was held in liar
ri5onburg, Va, Monday in four Of the
five districts in the county IJurriSonburg
district gave 22t prohibition majority,
Ashley district about 500 and the other two
districts are claimed by the Prohibitionis,s
by small majoritics Everything passed off
quietly.
An important meeting Of lumber manu-.
facturcrs was held in Montgomery ycstcr-
day. Alabama and Mississippi were repre-. |
scntcd. y petition TO the Inter State Com |
mission was adopted asking for suspension
% the fourth section Of the inter State law, |
as the lumber business is terribly dcmoral, |
lZed 10y the Increase in the freight tariff.
The inter State commission has made an
order SuspGnding the 1th section for rs